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Tonight on pay-per-view the UFC brings us their annual year-end blockbuster with ‘UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva II’. In typical fashion, BJPENN.COM will be bringing fight fans live and up-to-the-minute updates from the evenings action. If you cannot make the pay-per-view broadcast just follow along with us here for your blow-by-blow and round-by-round updates. (Looking...

Anderson Silva, Ronda Rousey, and Josh Barnett are the oddsmakers’ favorites heading into Saturday’s UFC 168. Other notable favorites include: Jim Miller, Dustin Poirier and Uriah Hall. Betting on MMA appears harder than it is. The folks at mixedmartialarts.com explain it like this: Unlike a spread on a football game where one team is getting...

‘I think it’s going to be the biggest fight we’ve ever done,’ UFC President Dana White said about UFC 168, the last card of 2013. Though the fight is months away, and the organization has yet to commence its marketing for the fight, White can’t help but be excited. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA The...

Tonight’s UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis pay-per-view event is hitting homes starting at 7:00 p.m. PT / 10:00 p.m. ET from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The stacked main card features some of the most notable talent in the UFC spanning three-seperate weight classes including a main event bout between Anthony Pettis and Benson...

All fighters set for tomorrow’s UFC 164 pay-per-view made their contracted weight today in front of a rowdy crowd of fans in Milwaukee. ‘UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis’ takes place tomorrow night from Milwaukee’s Bradley Center and airs live on pay-per-view. The full UFC 164 weigh-in results are as follows: MAIN CARD: (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m....

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed. Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is brought to you by Diamond MMA. Diamond MMA is a sporting equipment company that designs,...

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed. Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is brought to you by Diamond MMA. Diamond MMA is a sporting equipment company that designs,...

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed. Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is brought to you by Diamond MMA. Diamond MMA is a sporting equipment company that designs,...

While you wait for this weeks episode to air on Sunday, get caught up on last Sundays episode below. You won’t be disappointed. Listen to internet radio with FIST TA CUFF RADIO on Blog Talk Radio BJPenn.com’s FIST-ta-CUFF Radio is brought to you by Diamond MMA. Diamond MMA is a sporting equipment company that designs,...

UFC president Dana White sent out a tweet earlier today revealing the news that former #1 UFC lightweight contender, Anthony Pettis (16-2), had injured his knee and was out of his divisional debut against featherweight champion, Jose Aldo (22-1) at UFC 163. Pettis dropped to featherweight for this bout in an attemt to steal gold...

Dubbed the ‘Korean Zombie’, Chan Sung Jung (13-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is one of the fastest rising stars in the UFC. His popularity can be attributed to his fight style, which involves Chan constantly moving forward and always looking to finish the fight. Jung has won “fight of the year” and “submission of the year”...

When the UFC removes your profile from the online masterlist of fighters in its official website, it usually means you’re gone. Now that has happened to nine athletes earlier this week, as reported by Bloody Elbow, including fan favorite Leonard Garcia. The following is the list of fighters who are expected to be released in...

The energy levels were high at the Wembley Arena in London, England tonight as the UFC brought a card full of exciting fights. In the main event, Bantamweight Interim Champion Renan Barao retained his belt over challenger, Michael McDonald. The co-main event saw a unanimous decision win by Cub Swanson over fellow featherweight, Dustin Poirier....

The UFC returns to the United Center tonight in Chicago, IL with UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson. It was just about a year ago that the promotion put out their first full fledged televised Fox card in the same arena. That card featured three main card bouts all of which went the...

UFC officials announced today that Justin Edwards (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has been forced out of his scheduled UFC on FUEL TV 7 bout with Gunnar Nelson (10-0-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) due to an undisclosed injury. Replacing Edwards will be Jorge Santiago (25-10 MMA, 1-4 UFC), who returns to the UFC after going 2-0 with the...

Four years ago, Cub Swanson stepped into the cage with Jose Aldo at WEC 41 and was knocked out in eight seconds. It was the flying knee heard around the world and it propelled Aldo into a featherweight title bout against then-champion Mike Brown. Fast forward to today and Aldo is still the featherweight champion,...

Here they are. The long awaited BJPenn.com end of year MMA awards. Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments sections. Enjoy! FIGHTER OF THE YEAR – Matt Brown Rattling off 4 straight wins on an international stage is an inspiring feat for any fighter, but what makes Matt different than the rest is that he...

Sean McClure is providing play by play for tonight’s Ultimate Fighter 16 finale. The main event features Roy Nelson versus Matt Mitrione. *** 9:52 PM Renato Laranja just called me and informed me that he has declared Roy Nelson the winner of the main event. -Roy Nelson (17-7; #10 Heavyweight) vs. Matt Mitrione (5-1) Round...

Today the UFC held the weigh-ins ceremony for tomorrow night’s TUF 16 Finale. Today’s festivities took place from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. All fighters made weight and all fights are now official for the fight card. TUF 16 Weigh In Results: MAIN CARD: (FX, 9 p.m. ET) Matt Mitrione (257)...

Pablo Garza was a guest on a recent episode of BJPenn.Com Radio. The UFC featherweight talked to hosts Bryan Levick and Mitch Ciccarelli about his win over Mark Hominck at UFC 154 and a potential drop down to the bantamweight division. BJPenn.Com Radio: So how’s everything going? You’re coming off of a big win...

Just a friendly disclaimer – In no way is this intended to be an educational piece on betting or encouragement to bet your hard earned cash on my stupid opinions. BetUS has released the betting odds for UFC 154 and for the most part it is what you might expect. There are a few fights...

It’s time to roll out the red carpet and get suited and booted, as the 5th Fighters Only World MMA Awards returns to Las Vegas. After 12 months of outstanding action in the world of MMA, the fifth annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards arrives to bestow some of the planet’s best fighters...

UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II Main Card Predictions: I haven’t done a prediction column in the longest time, but I figured now that I am part of the best MMA website this is as good a time as ever to give it another shot. Tomorrow night the UFC makes a return trip to Denver...

By: Chris Taylor It was recently announced that UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will be returning home for his next title defense, when he faces Erik Koch in Brazil this October at UFC 153. After reading the news, I immediately thought of Chan Sung Jung, who had recently called out the current 145 pound champion...

By Chris Taylor: Yesterday, the UFC announced that four fights had been added to the UFC on Fox 4 card scheduled for August 4th in Los Angeles. This included a welterweight bout which will showcase the return of Mick Swick (14-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC), who takes on DaMarques Johnson (16-10 MMA, 4-4 UFC). The other...

It’s Fight Night!! UFC on FUEL TV 3 is set to go down tonight from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. In the main event two featherweights (Dustin Poirier vs. “The Korean Zombie”) will square off and try and cement their place at the top of the UFC’s featherweight ladder. Use this thread to discuss...

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